Every year, I review the wheels of professional cycling teams. In 2026, the market is more fragmented than ever: no less than 16 different brands equip the teams of my scope (18 WorldTour + ProTeams men's French). A strong sign that the hegemony of the mastodones is challenged by more specialized actors. Here...
The Corima Essentia 42, unveiled at the beginning of 2026, marks a clear strategic shift for the Drômois manufacturer. At 1190 € the pair for 1,510 g of carbon made in Loriol-sur-Drôme, Corima does not just throw a endurance wheel, the brand claims that one can produce in France, with hubs of owners, without exploding the budget. One...
The high-end road bike wheel market is undergoing unprecedented transformation. For decades, a handful of western brands dominated the premium carbon segment, with prices exceeding 3000€ for a pair of wheels. This situation was accepted as the norm: innovation, quality and performance had a price...
Forget what you thought you knew about Miche. With the new Miche Deva RD, the San Vendemiano brand is no longer content to follow the peloton, it attacks violently in the lead. Finish the compromises: Miche deploys here an impressive technological arsenal (carbon rays, differentiated widths and ceramic bearings) to come hunting...
It is the kind of collaboration that makes any amateur of beautiful material shudder. On one side, Reserve, the division wheels of Santa Cruz (and technical partner of the Visma | Lease a Bike), known for its carbon control and profiles « Aero Turbulent ». On the other hand, Tune, German goldsmith of the Black Forest, obsessed with the superfluous gram since...
We all know the song, and it's her who pushed me to create this wheel comparison. A big brand comes out a new pair of wheels at 2800€ and promise you « 12 watts save at 45 km/h » or « 10 minutes won on the Tour Stage ». You look at your current wheels with disdain, you take out the blue card, and the following Sunday... Surprise: you...
The world of professional cycling equipment is often made up of traditions and locked contracts. However, this early 2026 marked a tectonic break in the WorldTour peloton. After years of trusting the Japanese reliability of Shimano or the American exoticism of Princeton CarbonWorks, INEOS Grenadiers decided to...
Ten years ago, it was simple: a road rim was 17 mm wide and 23 mm tires were mounted. Today, the compatibility rim tire bike is chaos. The modern rims reach 25 mm of internal width on the road (i.e. wider than the wheels of MTB 15 years ago!), and the standard « hookless » (without hooks) imposes...
The transition to tubeless is probably the most effective technical improvement for a cyclist, whether on the road, engraved or engraved. MTB. No more pinches, better comfort, better rolling resistance. But one question always comes back in my workshop: « How much preventive fluid should I inject? » It's a balance...
We've long thought we had to swell his tires. « as hard as possible » to go fast. It's a physical error that costs a lot, both in comfort and pure performance. I still see it too often: cyclists who inflate at 8 bars on tires of 28 mm because « That's what we've always done ». Yet the pressure on your tires is the only one...
